There's a bat in my loft.

[Lillywhite]

We've got Pipistrelle bats in our loft ,had a wee count of them leaving in the summer got to 80 and packed in
Had them for years and havent had a problem also its about £500 per bat fine if you disturb them

The Pipistrelle is one of the commonest bats and they very small. Often they roost in large numbers behind roof tiles, barge boards and horizontal timber match boarding on modern houses.

The maximum fine for killing, harming and/or disturbing is actually £5000 per bat!

 

[corsaire77]

The German word for "bat", Fledermaus, is enough to disarm even the staunchest enemies of those tiny creatures. It's just a mouse dressed as Batman, as the Polish urban joke has it.

 

[lacroupade]

We have a colony of about 100 that roost in the bargeboards at the end of our cottage but only during Apl-July while giving birth. Its quite unusual to find bats overwintering in a house because, as most experts will tell you, its normally too warm an environment for them and they prefer to hibernate outside in hollow trees, caves etc..

We also have them in France in the barn and frankly I wouldn't get rid of them from either place because even a tiny Pipistrelle gets through 3000 insects in a single night.

 

[Lillywhite]

Its quite unusual to find bats overwintering in a house because, as most experts will tell you, its normally too warm an environment for them and they prefer to hibernate outside in hollow trees, caves etc..

It may well be that there is plenty of roof insulation at ceiling level therefore the roof void will be a lot cooler. The different species of bats in the UK tend to overwinter in different locations. For example, horseshoe bats will hang upside down from the ridge beam or purlins and they favour attics to hibernate in.
I think we need Carol to go back into the loft and give us a positive identification. :wink:

 

[metal licker]

Its quite unusual to find bats overwintering in a house because, as most experts will tell you, its normally too warm an environment for them and they prefer to hibernate outside in hollow trees, caves etc..

It may well be that there is plenty of roof insulation at ceiling level therefore the roof void will be a lot cooler. The different species of bats in the UK tend to overwinter in different locations. For example, horseshoe bats will hang upside down from the ridge beam or purlins and they favour attics to hibernate in.
I think we need Carol to go back into the loft and give us a positive identification. :wink:

Yep ! get up there with the camera Carol
:worthless:

 

[Lillywhite]

Yep ! get up there with the camera Carol
:worthless:

I agree. :wink:

http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/Images/Bats_tcm6-21717.pdf

 

[TitanTim]

Its quite unusual to find bats overwintering in a house because, as most experts will tell you, its normally too warm an environment for them and they prefer to hibernate outside in hollow trees, caves etc..

It may well be that there is plenty of roof insulation at ceiling level therefore the roof void will be a lot cooler. The different species of bats in the UK tend to overwinter in different locations. For example, horseshoe bats will hang upside down from the ridge beam or purlins and they favour attics to hibernate in.
I think we need Carol to go back into the loft and give us a positive identification. :wink:

Yep ! get up there with the camera Carol
:worthless:

That ain't going to happen, might break a finger nail :lol:

Tim.

 

[Stuart Truman]

Say CHEESE!

 

[Herminator]

Aww cute

 

[Carol M]

Aww cute

Whaaaaat? Cute?

That ain't going to happen, might break a finger nail :lol:

Tim.

I was cutting a sheep free from brambles yesterday, you think I'm worried about fingernails?

 

[shawna]

I have lots of bats downstairs. In the cave. I can show you carol if you want.

 

[Carol M]

I have lots of bats downstairs. In the cave. I can show you carol if you want.

 

[markeg]

 

[Carol M]

:rofl:

 

[shawna]

Carol, No space for Robin though haha